Warlock
A famous gunman becomes the marshal of Warlock to end a gang's rampages, but is met with some opposition by a former gang member turned deputy sheriff who wants to follow only legal methods. In the sm…
Warlock
A famous gunman becomes the marshal of Warlock to end a gang's rampages, but is met with some opposition by a former gang member turned deputy sheriff who wants to follow only legal methods. In the small frontier mining town of Warlock, rancher Abe McQuown's gang of cowboy cutthroats terrorize the peaceful community, humiliating the town's legitimate deputy sheriff and running him out of town. Helpless and in need of protection, the townsfolk hire the renowned town tamer Clay Blaisedell, as unofficial marshal to bring law and order to the town. Clay arrives with his good friend and backup Tom Morgan. The two men stand up to the ranch gang and quiet the town. Johnny Gannon, a former member of the gang is bothered by their actions, reforms and takes on the deputy sheriff job while his brother remains part of the gang. The addition of the official lawman to the mix further complicate matters, leading to an inevitable clash of the cowboys, the townsfolk, the gunslingers and the law. —Nick Riganas The town of Warlock is plagued by a gang of ranch hand thugs, leading the inhabitants to hire Clay Blaisedell, a famous gunman, to act as their unofficial marshal. When Blaisdell appears, he is accompanied by his friend Tom Morgan, a club-footed gambler who is obsessively protective of Blaisedell's life and reputation. However, Johnny Gannon, one of the thugs who has had enough and reformed, volunteers to accept the post of official deputy sheriff and enforce the law in rivalry to Blaisedell. Lilly, Morgan's former girlfriend, arrives in town accusing Blaisedell and Morgan of having conspired to murder her fiancé. Blaisdell falls in love and thinks of leaving the gunslinger trade. The stage is set for a complex set of moral and personal conflicts for the town and the individuals. —David Levene <D.S.Levene@durham.ac.uk>
Warlock
Drama,Western
Film Details
A famous gunman becomes the marshal of Warlock to end a gang's rampages, but is met with some opposition by a former gang member turned deputy sheriff who wants to follow only legal methods. In the small frontier mining town of Warlock, rancher Abe McQuown's gang of cowboy cutthroats terrorize the peaceful community, humiliating the town's legitimate deputy sheriff and running him out of town. Helpless and in need of protection, the townsfolk hire the renowned town tamer Clay Blaisedell, as unofficial marshal to bring law and order to the town.
Clay arrives with his good friend and backup Tom Morgan. The two men stand up to the ranch gang and quiet the town. Johnny Gannon, a former member of the gang is bothered by their actions, reforms and takes on the deputy sheriff job while his brother remains part of the gang.
The addition of the official lawman to the mix further complicate matters, leading to an inevitable clash of the cowboys, the townsfolk, the gunslingers and the law. —Nick Riganas The town of Warlock is plagued by a gang of ranch hand thugs, leading the inhabitants to hire Clay Blaisedell, a famous gunman, to act as their unofficial marshal. When Blaisdell appears, he is accompanied by his friend Tom Morgan, a club-footed gambler who is obsessively protective of Blaisedell's life and reputation.
However, Johnny Gannon, one of the thugs who has had enough and reformed, volunteers to accept the post of official deputy sheriff and enforce the law in rivalry to Blaisedell. Lilly, Morgan's former girlfriend, arrives in town accusing Blaisedell and Morgan of having conspired to murder her fiancé. Blaisdell falls in love and thinks of leaving the gunslinger trade.
The stage is set for a complex set of moral and personal conflicts for the town and the individuals. —David Levene <D.S.Levene@durham.ac.uk>.